Compassion, forgiveness, understanding

• Attitudes that may just seem merely 'nice' to ordinary mind become very powerful tools when aligned with spiritual intention and commitment. For instance, to strictly live by the dictum of 'good will to all life' is transformative when energized by the Spiritual Will. The decision to 'be kind to all of life' or to respect the sacredness of all that exists are powerful attitudes in spiritual evolution, along with the virtues of compassion, the willingness to forgive, and seeking to understand rather than to judge. Discovery of the Presence of God, S. 62

• I like Rick Warren's approach. Rick Warren is a sturdy, solid guy. I've never calibrated him, but obviously, he is in the level of enthusiasm, conviction, integrity service, humanitarianism, benevolence, and just what he stands for. The Purpose Driven Life is the biggest selling book in America. [It] sold 47 million copies I think. That was years ago. Every truck stop in America – you can look and there's things having to do with their particular brand of Christianity and evangelical message and it's actually benign humanitarian good personhood. It's really frankly just traditional, great American good personhood. To be honest, straightforward, helpful, loving, forgiving. [...] Just to be the fulfillment of the virtues is very, very powerful. And now he is going to do humanitarian projects in foreign countries and all. But there's a man who I don't think came from a lot of money, or a lot of education, either one, but I think he came from integrity of conviction, and sincerity of purpose, and great success; and of course, he's not really in the headlines like the nightly news, but he is profoundly influenced. So when we calibrate overall the level of consciousness of America, 47 million people focusing in that direction is having a profound effect on the overall level of consciousness of mankind. It's a lot harder to sell falsehood to a populace that is more aligned with truth, and verifiable truth, and personal integrity. [...] I think, he serves as a great leader without being called a leader. Somebody like that is transformative to a large percentage of the population and inspirational, inspirational [repeated]. Someone to identify with to counter balance its opposite, which we get drummed into us over television and blog sites. CD series The Discovery, CD 3 of 6, segment titled "Choosing Spiritual over Personal Will", minute 17:07+, Nightingale-Conant, UK, May 2007